Table 2.
Best practice adherence by region
| Number (%) of laboratories adhering to best practice |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Asia | Europe | Latin America | North America | Oceania | Total | P-Value | |
| Laboratories | 12 | 69 | 102 | 36 | 55 | 34 | 308 | n/a |
| Best practices | ||||||||
| Avoid thallium stress | 12 (100) | 52 (75) | 97 (95) | 35 (97) | 55 (100) | 31 (91) | 282 (92) | <0.001 |
| Avoid dual isotope | 12 (100) | 64 (93) | 101 (99) | 34 (94) | 53 (96) | 34 (100) | 298 (97) | 0.2 |
| Avoid too much technetium | 11 (92) | 64 (93) | 101 (99) | 23 (64) | 33 (60) | 31 (91) | 263 (85) | <0.001 |
| Avoid too much thallium | 12 (100) | 68 (99) | 102 (100) | 35 (97) | 55 (100) | 34 (100) | 306 (99) | 0.48 |
| Perform stress-only imaging | 8 (67) | 16 (23) | 47 (46) | 7 (19) | 9 (16) | 6 (18) | 93 (30) | <0.001 |
| Use camera-based dose-reduction strategies | 8 (67) | 48 (70) | 71 (70) | 16 (44) | 33 (60) | 30 (88) | 206 (67) | 0.005 |
| Weight-based dosing for technetium | 6 (50) | 8 (12) | 48 (47) | 11 (31) | 10 (18) | 5 (15) | 88 (29) | <0.001 |
| Avoid ‘shine through’ | 7 (58) | 26 (38) | 66 (65) | 14 (39) | 8 (15) | 15 (44) | 136 (44) | <0.001 |